Answer: All students from tertiary education institutes around the world are welcome to sign up for the hackathon. You don’t necessarily have to be from NUS!

Answer: The team should consist of 4-5 members. Team members need not be from the same school. Please appoint a team leader to be the main point of contact.

Answer: Sign-up links will be made available when registration opens. You may retrieve the links from our social media (Instagram, Telegram, LinkedIn). For overseas students, the links will be disseminated to their faculty who will then assist in disseminating the sign up links to them.

Each team should only sign up once. Please appoint a team leader and fill up all team members’ particulars as stated in the form.

In case of any changes, do email our team at nusfintech.ops@gmail.com.

Answer: There are a total of 2 rounds.

In the first round, the top 6 teams will be selected from the 1st round of the hackathon and invited to attend our closing ceremony. They will be pitching their prototypes to a panel of distinguished judges who are made up of industry experts and professors to compete for the top prizes. For overseas teams, this presentation will be done virtually over zoom.

Answer: The first round will be conducted remotely for all participants.

However, the final round will be conducted physically in NUS for the top 6 teams. Overseas finalists will present Live through Zoom. For the teams that did not make it to the final round, we will be conducting a Live Stream event via Zoom.

Answer: Please prepare both a 10-page pitch deck and submission will be done via google forms.

Answer: Please submit the 10-page pitch deck via google forms on the 17 January by 2359 (First round) and 28 January (Finalist teams) by 2359. Please remember to enable sharing with nusfintech.ops@gmail.com or allow anyone on the internet to access the link.

Answer: TBC

Answer: Please email our team at nusfintech.ops@gmail.com

Answer: Sign-up links will be made available when registration opens. You may retrieve the links from our social media (Instagram, Telegram, LinkedIn).

There will be 2 separate forms, one for internal workshops and another for external workshops. Under each form, please indicate all the sessions that you are keen on attending. Due to limited slots, we would like everyone to fully commit to the sessions that they have signed up for. Hence, if you fail to attend any 2 sessions that you have signed up for, you will be barred from attending future sessions and your slot will be given to the others.

Please sign up individually and only submit each of the forms once.

Overseas participants are welcome to join the workshops and symposiums. Sign up links will be disseminated to their various faculty who will then assist in sending these links to their students.

Answer: Yes, both the internal and external workshops will be conducted virtually via Zoom.

Answer: No. The workshops are meant to better equip all participants, regardless of their background, for the hackathon. If you do not require any additional help/guidance, you need not sign up for the workshops.

Answer: Yes, you may still sign up for the workshops.

Answer: There is no limit to the maximum number of workshops you can sign up for.

Answer: No, in view of COVID-19 restrictions, only the finalist teams based in Singapore will be invited down to the venue. For overseas finalists, they will be presenting via Zoom. However, a Live Stream event will be made available to the rest of the participants.

Answer: No, but you are highly encouraged to join us for an exciting lineup of pitches made by our finalist teams to a panel of external judges!